Strange Taskbar activity.

Firstly I apologize if this is covered elsewhere, but as I can't find anything............

I have Windows XP (Personal) SP2 (fully up-to-date).

There is no consistency with the display settings of the icons in the taskbar.

Whenever I set the properties to my liking (I.e. Always hidden, Hide when inactive, etc) when I reboot the system the majority of them are reset or set to other values. They is no apparent logic in the settings at all. Is this a long-term bug with the OS that has never been addressed or a problem on my PC ?

Don2007

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Loc: NY

3+ Months Ago

Run msconfig. disable all under the startup tab. Adjust your settings and reboot. See what happens. If they don't change, one of the programs in the startup was causing it.